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Koha, Marcedit, and more

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After trying all summer to install the opensource ILS software Koha on our library’s Mac Mini, I finally succeeded in getting it installed on a Debian system I set up on a computer kindly donated by a client of mine. And even better, I was then able to import the records exported from our old library software. Pretty cool. But there are a few issues with the import and apparently I need to use a program called MarcEdit to clean up the Marc file. Trouble is, MarcEdit runs natively under Windows. To run under either Linux or Mac OS X, I need to install Mono on the Mac, or both Mono and/or Wine on Linux. Neither of these seem straightforward. I think I’ll run MarcEdit on the XP machine at the library.

And then I need to figure out what format the Patron file is in. But really – it’s getting close. Pretty neat stuff.

New Phone

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With Verizon Wireless taking over Unicel, my little Nokia N95 was going to stop working sometime in May. I’d been wondering what I was going to replace it with. Although the iPhone is very tempting, I really didn’t feel up to the “trick AT&T” routine that you have to do up here in Midcoast Maine to get one. And the coverage concerned me. So… last Friday I went to US Cellular and got a Blackberry Curve.

I’m liking it more the longer I have it. It does a few things I really wished the N95 had done – namely, if you get a phone call from someone, it’s easy to then call them. Or if you get a call from someone, you can look in the log, and easily email them.

I do miss the camera (both the video and still) on the N95. And I miss the radio, since I’ve had no radio in my car since 2004.